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Nokia E61 review

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On my last trip to the far East (China, HK, Taiwan, Singapore) I bought the Nokia E61 phone + PDA. This phone is quad band GSM (for best North America coverage, yes, places in the US still use 850 MHz) with 3G (2100 MHz, Europe only capability), bluetooth, Wi-Fi (802.11g/b). This is a true world phone, expanding its coverage into the previous no-man’s land of Korea and Japan (3G). It also has Blackberry capability via GPRS/EDGE. I paid around $410 USD after tax rebate. It can be purchased on the internet for $350 + S&H.

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Asia Pacific trip

On my last business trip, I visited Taiwan (Taipei and environs), Hong Kong, China (Shenzhen) and Singapore. Here’s some pics.

Taiwan

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Taipei 101 and me, world’s tallest building.

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iPod vending machine

This was in the San Francisco airport.

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SIP Voice over IP

So, after nearly 3 years with Vonage VOIP , I’ve made the switch to a SIP provider. For those who do not know, SIP is Session Initiation Protocol , an open standard for internet telephony. Many folks know SIP from an article in Wired about Gizmo , a SIP client for the computer.

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Philips 37″ LCD TV review: 37PF7320A/37

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I bought this TV for the bedroom at Costco about a month ago…. The price at the time was $1799 after rebate, it’s now $1699 without rebate.

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Hail storm

Here’s a neat time-lapse of the hail storm coming in…..
Time lapse hail storm

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Flyfishing

OK, none of us really had a clue (this was my first time fishing, let alone flyfishing, ever), but we went with Rocky Mountain Anglers (guide outfit). It was a riot…. I even caught two fish, when we were fishing on the Big Thompson River outside Estes Park.

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Another fire…

Lightning strike in Lefthand Canyon… Bad pics because they were taken with my camera phone

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Aerial house photos

Here’s some pictures I took June 1 of my house from above (plane). You can see my deck and hot tub fairly clearly.

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Fox up close

No, I don’t feed them. About 2 feet away…

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